Crime briefs

ROYAL OAK — Someone broke into a woman’s house in the 3400 block of West 14 Mile Road and stole jewelry, three large-screen TV sets, two laptop computers and an X-Box game system.

The woman reported the burglary Wednesday.

Four days earlier a woman who lives in the 3300 block of West 14 Mile Road told police someone broke into her home and stole a 51-inch Samsung television. She said she suspected an acquaintance committed the burglary.

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Ex-girlfriend suspect in break-in

ROYAL OAK — A man who lives in the 2000 block of North Main told police his ex-girlfriend broke into his apartment and damaged his property.

The report was made Wednesday.

Robbery suspects ran out of gas

MADISON HEIGHTS — Two men charged in the armed robbery of a couple outside the Fairfield Inn early Feb. 10 were caught following a long police chase when they ran out of gas, police said.

The pair is also suspected of robbing a man at gunpoint in Ferndale a few hours earlier.

Police chased the men in the pickup south on I-75 and east on I-94. The pickup exited I-94 at Chene Street in Detroit and the suspects jumped out of the vehicle before it rolled into a fire hydrant, police said.

“We later found out they ran out of gas,” Madison Heights Police Lt. Robert Anderson said.

Hauser is jailed on $207,000 cash bond and Lester is jailed on cash $150,000 bond. They are scheduled for a pre-exam conference in Madison Heights 43rd District Court at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Three suspects arrested at bank

ROYAL OAK — Police said they arrested a man for trying to cash a bogus check at PNC Bank, 225 S. Main.

Bank officials notified police of the incident Feb. 8.

Police said they also arrested two other people who were involved for uttering and publishing.

Police awaiting autopsy results in baby’s death

ROYAL OAK — Police say they are awaiting autopsy results on a 2-month-old infant girl who died Feb. 4 at the Seville Motel, 28300 Woodward Avenue.

The mother had been living at the motel for a couple of months and called 911 after the baby stopped breathing.

The baby was taken to William Beaumont Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Royal Oak Police Lt. Dave Clemens said this week the autopsy report is not expected to be completed until after results of toxicology tests are available in several weeks.

“We don’t have any definite cause of death at this point,” he said. “We don’t know if there was any foul play involved.”

iPhone stolen at restaurant

ROYAL OAK — A woman reported her iPhone was stolen while she was at the Tequila Blue restaurant’s bar.

Graffiti sprayed

ROYAL OAK — Graffiti was sprayed on a telephone box at Dallas and Stephenson and a county road sign at 10 Mile and Helens on Monday, police said.

Driver arrested with gun

FERNDALE — A Warren man, 54, was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon after he was stopped for running a stop sign Wednesday at Saratoga and Woodward.

When the police officer asked if he had contraband in the car, the man said he had a handgun in the glove box. The officer confiscated the gun, a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, and several round of ammunition in the trunk.

The man, Manhal Siba, 25, was arraigned the same day before Ferndale 43rd District Magistrate J. Patrick Brennan and released on personal bond.